Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] Mon. [Monday] July 19, 1909 Wea. [Weather]
Clear.
Clear & cool with strong N.W. [Northwest] wind.
  Spent most of day at Davis Hill
where James & John cut down some
pines for floats to be made next 
autumn. Only 2 trees out of 5 cut 
would peel. Harry Richardson came
down in forenoon & we had a long
talk about gypsy moths. They are
stripping woods in all parts of Concord
he says. In Lincoln, Littleton, Acton
& Carlisle they have done immense damage.
Mr. Dexter of Concord a young clergyman
deeply interested in birds came down
about 11 & dined with me in cabin.
  In late P.M. I paddled down to
Carlisle bridge sailing most of way
back. Saw large areas of woodland
stripped by gypsy moths north bank of Birch Id. [Island]
& further down. River & marshes teeming
with bird life Swallows Blackbirds etc.

Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] Tues. [Tuesday] July 20, 1909 Wea. [Weather]
Clear.
Clear & cool with light northerly
winds.
  Spent day at Farm driving up with
James at 8 A.M. walking back at 5 P.M.
via Holden's Hill. Spent most of time
studying gypsy moth conditions. The entire
farm is now badly infested & the outlook
for next year seems gloomy enough. The
cholera is everywhere, however, & in Pulpit Rock
woods 75º [sic] [75%] to 90º [sic] [90%] of caterpillars have it. I 
find many dead pupae, too, some with
small round holes drilled into them.
Many moths are now laying. They look 
small & degenerate, some no larger than
moles & the nests average small. Robins
& Chippins singing freely at Farm, Red eyes
& Tanagers too. Out in canoe just before
& after supper. Saw 7 Black ducks flying
in one flock, 3 in another.
 